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(1861-65) Civil War Store Card F-555C-12C, Newark NJ

Strike Type

Coin Details

Denomination

Store Cards

Strike Type

Regular Strike

Series

Civil War Store Cards

Designer

Various private die sinkers including John Stanton, William Bridgens, and others

Composition

Nickel

Weight

4.2g

Diameter

19mm

Edge

Plain

Description

Civil War store card from Newark, New Jersey, cataloged as Fuld 555C-12C. New Jersey was a vital industrial and transportation state, with Newark, Trenton, and Paterson as major manufacturing centers where merchants issued Civil War tokens. The absence of a date is typical for Civil War tokens produced during the 1862-1864 emergency currency period. Merchant-issued tokens circulated as substitutes for scarce federal coinage throughout the Northern states between 1862 and 1864. Estimates of Civil War token output run from 25 million (Fuld) to about 50 million (CWTS), struck before Congress banned private tokens in 1864.

Cross References

Fuld 555C-12C

External References

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Other Strike Types in This Series

(1860-65) Brass Civil War Store Card F-885A-1b, B.W. Titus, Trenton NJ

(1860-65) Copper Civil War Store Card F-555A-5a, J.L. Agens & Co., Newark NJ

(1861-65) Brass Civil War Store Card F-555C-12b, J. Wightman, Newark NJ

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